Env Film Festival (2018) -- Festival Filmmakers Reception @ Jefferson Hotel:
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Description of Pictures: Some of the filmmakers who were present included: Ashley Bell ("Love & Bananas"), David Schumacher ("The New Fire"), Eric Balaz ("Tatra Mountains -- Life on the Edge"), Kate Brooks ("The Last Animals"), Ilana Lapid and Kristi Drexler ("Yochi"), Peter Byck ("Earth Optimism Shorts; Soil Carbon Cowboys")
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MAKERS_180318_017.JPG: ???, Owen Davies, and David Schumacher
MAKERS_180318_022.JPG: ???, ???, and David Schumacher
MAKERS_180318_026.JPG: Erik Balaz and Peter Lim
MAKERS_180318_034.JPG: Dr. Matthew Scott, President, Carnegie Institution for Science (center)
MAKERS_180318_049.JPG: Chelsea Parker and Owen Davies
MAKERS_180318_057.JPG: Kate Brooks and Jessie Brinkley
MAKERS_180318_063.JPG: ??? and Ashley Bell
MAKERS_180318_070.JPG: Chelsea Parker, Bill Stetson, and Owen Davies
MAKERS_180318_075.JPG: Doug Huff, Maryanne Culpepper and Jennifer Johnson
MAKERS_180318_081.JPG: ??? and ???
MAKERS_180318_087.JPG: ???, ???, and ???
MAKERS_180318_090.JPG: ???
MAKERS_180318_096.JPG: ???, ???, ???, David Schumacher, and ???
MAKERS_180318_106.JPG: Maryanne Culpepper and Bill Stetson
MAKERS_180318_110.JPG: ???
MAKERS_180318_117.JPG: Lincoln Day
MAKERS_180318_122.JPG: Peter O'Brien and ???
MAKERS_180318_124.JPG: Kate Brooks
MAKERS_180318_147.JPG: Owen Davies
MAKERS_180318_168.JPG: Jonathan Steffert (center)
MAKERS_180318_178.JPG: Heidi Hermisson and ???
MAKERS_180318_195.JPG: David Schumacher (left) and ???
MAKERS_180318_198.JPG: ???, ???, and Ilana Lapid
MAKERS_180318_218.JPG: Peter Byck
MAKERS_180318_234.JPG: Kristi Drexler (center)
MAKERS_180318_241.JPG: Ilana Lapid and Ashley Bell
MAKERS_180318_247.JPG: Jess Swigonski and ???eranova
MAKERS_180318_253.JPG: Elizabeth Berry and Nina Herrick
MAKERS_180318_257.JPG: ???, ???, Gregory McGruder, and Peter Byck
MAKERS_180318_270.JPG: Nora Pouillon, Gregory McGruder, and David Schumacher
MAKERS_180318_285.JPG: Nora Pouillon and Elizabeth Berry
MAKERS_180318_307.JPG: Bella Fix
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2018_DC_Yochi_180318: Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Yochi" (part of Shorts Program 5) (w/Kristi Drexler; Ilana Lapid; H.E. Francisco Daniel Gutierez) @ Carnegie Inst (36 photos from 2018)
2018_DC_Wasted_180317: Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Wasted!" (w/Anna Chai, Tim Ma, Asha Carter, Jeremy Brosowsky, and Tim Carman) @ Carnegie Inst (105 photos from 2018)
2018_DC_WastedR_180317: Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Wasted!" Reception @ Carnegie Inst (51 photos from 2018)
2018_DC_UntamedR_180318: Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Untamed Romania" Reception (w/ Tom Barton Humphreys; Sarah Titcombe, and Paul Lister) @ Carnegie Inst (69 photos from 2018)
2018_DC_Tatra_180318: Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Tatra Mountains: Life on the Edge" (w/Erik Balaz; Peter Lim and Tereza Gemeranova) @ Carnegie Inst (64 photos from 2018)
2018_DC_Moe_180322: Env Film Festival (2018) -- Eric Moe Award Winner -- "Water Warriors" wMichael Premo @ Tabard Inn (6 photos from 2018)
2018_DC_Last_Animals_180315: Env Film Festival (2018) -- "The Last Animals" -- Program @ Natl Geographic Society (97 photos from 2018)
2018_DC_Last_AnimalsR_180315: Env Film Festival (2018) -- "The Last Animals" -- Receptions and Preparation @ Natl Geographic Society (172 photos from 2018)
2018_DC_EFF_VR_2018: Env Film Festival (2018) -- Virtual Reality @ Carnegie Inst and @ Natl Geographic Society (15 photos from 2018)
2018_DC_EFF_Tesla: Env Film Festival (2018) -- Tesla cars exhibited @ Jefferson Hotel (25 photos from 2018)
2018_DC_EFF_Benefit_180205: Env Film Festival (2018) -- Benefit Gala honoring Dr. Sylvia Earle @ Embassy of France in the US (191 photos from 2018)
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Brooks, Kate appears on:
2018_DC_Last_AnimalsR_180315 Env Film Festival (2018) -- "The Last Animals" -- Receptions and Preparation @ Natl Geographic Society
2018_DC_Last_Animals_180315 Env Film Festival (2018) -- "The Last Animals" -- Program @ Natl Geographic Society
Byck, Peter appears on:
2017_DC_Consequences_170321 Env Film Festival (2017) -- "The Age of Consequences" (w/Jared P. Scott, Sophie Robinson, Sharon Burke, and Sherri Goodman) @ Carnegie Inst
2017_DC_Moe_170320 Env Film Festival (2017) -- Eric Moe Sustainability Film Award Finalists and Winner @ Natl Geographic Society
2017_DC_MoeR_170320 Env Film Festival (2017) -- Eric Moe Sustainability Film Award Finalists and Winner -- Pre-Event Reception @ Natl Geographic Society
2010_DC_CarbonR_100328 Env Film Festival (2010) -- "Carbon Nation" Reception (w/Peter Byck) @ Helix
2010_DC_Carbon_100328 Env Film Festival (2010) -- "Carbon Nation" (w/Peter Byck and panel) @ Carnegie Inst
Culpepper, Maryanne appears on:
2018_DC_Tatra_180318 Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Tatra Mountains: Life on the Edge" (w/Erik Balaz; Peter Lim and Tereza Gemeranova) @ Carnegie Inst
2018_DC_UntamedR_180318 Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Untamed Romania" Reception (w/ Tom Barton Humphreys; Sarah Titcombe, and Paul Lister) @ Carnegie Inst
2018_DC_Last_AnimalsR_180315 Env Film Festival (2018) -- "The Last Animals" -- Receptions and Preparation @ Natl Geographic Society
2018_DC_Last_Animals_180315 Env Film Festival (2018) -- "The Last Animals" -- Program @ Natl Geographic Society
2018_DC_EFF_Benefit_180205 Env Film Festival (2018) -- Benefit Gala honoring Dr. Sylvia Earle @ Embassy of France in the US
2017_DC_Dead_Donkeys_170629 Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas" @ Landmark E Street Cinema
2018_DC_Yochi_180318 Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Yochi" (part of Shorts Program 5) (w/Kristi Drexler; Ilana Lapid; H.E. Francisco Daniel Gutierez) @ Carnegie Inst
Lapid, Ilana appears on:
2018_DC_Yochi_180318 Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Yochi" (part of Shorts Program 5) (w/Kristi Drexler; Ilana Lapid; H.E. Francisco Daniel Gutierez) @ Carnegie Inst
Lim, Peter appears on:
2018_DC_Tatra_180318 Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Tatra Mountains: Life on the Edge" (w/Erik Balaz; Peter Lim and Tereza Gemeranova) @ Carnegie Inst
2018_DC_UntamedR_180318 Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Untamed Romania" Reception (w/ Tom Barton Humphreys; Sarah Titcombe, and Paul Lister) @ Carnegie Inst
McGruder, Gregory appears on:
2019_DC_When_Lambs_190316 Env Film Festival (2019) -- "When Lambs Become Lions" (w/Jon Kasbe) @ Natl Geographic Society
2019_DC_Peck_190105 Politics & Prose -- Garrett Peck ("The Great War in America")
2018_DC_NGS DC -- Downtown -- Natl Geographic Society -- Explorers Hall (1145 17th St NW)
2018_DC_Last_AnimalsR_180315 Env Film Festival (2018) -- "The Last Animals" -- Receptions and Preparation @ Natl Geographic Society
2017_DC_Seasons_170326 Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Seasons" (w/Jacques Perrin and Jacque Cluzaud) @ Carnegie Inst
2017_DC_LostCityZ2_170323 Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Lost City of Z" (w/James Gray) -- Presentation and Q&A @ Natl Geographic Society
2017_DC_LostCityZ_170323 Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Lost City of Z" (w/James Gray) -- Rehearsal and pre-reception @ Natl Geographic Society
2017_DC_Moe_170320 Env Film Festival (2017) -- Eric Moe Sustainability Film Award Finalists and Winner @ Natl Geographic Society
2017_DC_MoeR_170320 Env Film Festival (2017) -- Eric Moe Sustainability Film Award Finalists and Winner -- Pre-Event Reception @ Natl Geographic Society
2019_DC_When_Lambs_190316 Env Film Festival (2019) -- "When Lambs Become Lions" (w/Jon Kasbe) @ Natl Geographic Society
2018_DC_Yochi_180318 Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Yochi" (part of Shorts Program 5) (w/Kristi Drexler; Ilana Lapid; H.E. Francisco Daniel Gutierez) @ Carnegie Inst
2017_DC_Look2Right_170617 AFI Docs 2017 -- Look to the Right (w/Ann Hornaday and Michael Pack) @ Landmark E Street Cinema
2019_DC_Anthropocene_190322 Env Film Festival (2019) -- "Anthropocene: The Human Epoch" (w/Jennifer Baichwal & Nicholas de Pencier) @ Natl Geographic Society
2019_DC_Human_Element_190317 Env Film Festival (2019) -- "The Human Element" (w/Matthew Testa, Jesse Meisenhelter, Rafe Pomerance, and Heidi Nel) @ Carnegie Inst
2019_DC_When_Lambs_190316 Env Film Festival (2019) -- "When Lambs Become Lions" (w/Jon Kasbe) @ Natl Geographic Society
2019_DC_River_Wall_190314 Env Film Festival (2019) -- "The River and the Wall" (w/Ben Masters, Howard Buffett, and Juliet Eilperin) @ Natl Geographic Sociey
2018_DC_Wasted_180317 Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Wasted!" (w/Anna Chai, Tim Ma, Asha Carter, Jeremy Brosowsky, and Tim Carman) @ Carnegie Inst
2018_DC_Last_AnimalsR_180315 Env Film Festival (2018) -- "The Last Animals" -- Receptions and Preparation @ Natl Geographic Society
2017_DC_B4_FloodR_170318 Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Before the Flood" Post-Screening Reception @ Carnegie Inst
2017_DC_EFF_Benefit_170216 Env Film Festival (2017) -- 25th Anniversary Benefit Reception honoring Flo Stone and Roger D. Stone @ New Zealand Embassy
2016_MD_Books_AliveP07_160430 Washington Writers Conference (2016) -- Saturday -- Panel: Memoir – The Importance of Voice (w/Nora Pouillon and Donna Britt)
2017_DC_Sea_Of_Hope_170315 Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Sea of Hope" (w/Robert Nixon, Sylvia Earle, Max Kennedy, and Rob Edwards) @ Carnegie Inst
2016_DC_Catching_160318 Env Film Festival (2016) -- "Catching the Sun" w/Shalini Kantayya @ Carnegie Inst
2016_DC_Krill_160318 Env Film Festival (2016) -- "License to Krill" w/David Sington and Brian Hunt @ Carnegie Inst
2016_DC_Reception_160318 Env Film Festival (2016) -- Reception by the Iris Fund for Science Documentaries @ Carnegie Inst
Stetson, Bill appears on:
2019_DC_Moe_190321 Env Film Festival (2019) -- Eric Moe Sustainability Film Award Finalists and Winner "Lost World" (w/Kalyanee Mam) and "Treeline" (w/Darrell Hartman and Annie Bush) @ Natl Geographic Society
2018 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000.
Trips this year:
Civil War Trust conferences in Greenville, NC, Newport News, VA, and my farewell event with them in Chicago, IL (via sites in Louisville, KY, St. Louis, MO, and Toledo, OH),
three trips to New York City (including New York Comic-Con), and
my 13th consecutive trip to San Diego Comic-Con (including sites in Reno, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles).
Number of photos taken this year: about 535,000.